The purpose of this Act is to maintain and promote economic competition in trade and commerce occurring wholly or partly within the State of Texas and to provide the benefits of that competition to consumers in the state. The provisions of this Act shall be construed to accomplish this purpose and shall be construed in harmony with federal judicial interpretations of comparable federal antitrust statutes to the extent consistent with this purpose.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.04
PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION
Known as the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act
The act spans §§ 15–15 (5 sections).
Applied in 30 court decisions — leading case Norris v. Hearst Trust (2007)
Most recently applied in Sanger Insurance Agency v. Hub International, Ltd. (September 2015)
Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3010, ch. 519, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.